2000 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 2000 National League Central Wrigley Field Chicago 65–97 (.401) 6th Tribune Company Ed Lynch, Andy MacPhail Don Baylor WGN-TV/Superstation WGN/Fox Sports Chicago(Chip Caray, Steve Stone) WGN(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Andy Masur) chc CHC thumb|right|350px|Sammy Sosa at bat during a September 2000 away game against the season's eventual National League Central Division champions St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium. The 2000 Chicago Cubs season was the 129th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 125th in the National League and the 85th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 65–97. During this season, the Cubs played in the first game held outside North America on Opening Day. The Cubs played the New York Mets in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Offseason October 5, 1999: Lance Johnson was released by the Chicago Cubs.Lance Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com November 22, 1999: Todd Van Poppel signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs. Regular season On May 11, 2000, Glenallen Hill was responsible for a memorable event in the annals of Chicago Cubs baseball lore. On that day, Hill became the first and so far only player to hit a pitched ball onto the roof of a five-story residential building across the street from the left field wall of Wrigley Field. Sammy Sosa, despite hitting only 50 home runs (he had hit over 60 the previous two seasons), won his only home run crown. Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable Transactions June 5, 2000: Dontrelle Willis was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000.https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willido03.shtml Dontrelle Willis Stats July 21, 2000: Glenallen Hill was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena.Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrihe02.shtml Henry Rodriguez Stats Roster 2000 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 38 Rick Aguilera 55 Jamie Arnold 35,37 Scott Downs 44 Kyle Farnsworth 76 Daniel Garibay 30 Mark Guthrie 49 Félix Heredia 52 Matt Karchner 32 Jon Lieber 55 Andrew Lorraine 40 Oswaldo Mairena 52 Joey Nation 50 Phil Norton 35 Will Ohman 48 Ruben Quevedo 41 Steve Rain 37 Jerry Spradlin 47 Todd Van Poppel 36 Kevin Tapani 59 Ismael Valdes 51 Brian Williams 34 Kerry Wood 45 Tim Worrell 35 Danny Young Catchers  8 Joe Girardi 58 Mike Mahoney 16 Jeff Reed Infielders 24 Shane Andrews 17 Mark Grace 39 Willie Greene 12 Ricky Gutiérrez 29 Jeff Huson 18 Cole Liniak 20 Chad Meyers 11 José Nieves 55,57 Augie Ojeda  7 Eric Young 15 Julio Zuleta Outfielders 22 Tarrik Brock 35,37 Brant Brown 28 Roosevelt Brown  9 Damon Buford  6 Ross Gload 30 Raúl González  6 Glenallen Hill  1 Dave Martinez 51 Gary Matthews Jr. 27 Corey Patterson 40 Henry Rodríguez 21 Sammy Sosa 22 Rondell White Manager 25 Don Baylor Coaches 46 Oscar Acosta (pitching)  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (first base)  3 Gene Glynn (third base)  5 Rene Lachemann (bench)  4 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 26 Billy Williams (special asst) Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Joe Girardi 106 363 101 .278 6 40 1B Mark Grace 143 510 143 .280 11 82 2B Eric Young Sr. 153 607 180 .297 6 47 SS Ricky Gutiérrez 125 449 124 .276 11 56 3B Willie Greene 105 299 60 .201 10 37 LF Henry Rodríguez 76 259 65 .251 18 51 CF Damon Buford 150 495 124 .251 15 48 RF Sammy Sosa 156 604 193 .320 50 138 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Jeff Reed 90 229 49 .214 4 25 José Nieves 82 198 42 .212 5 24 Shane Andrews 66 192 44 .229 14 39 Glenallen Hill 64 168 44 .262 11 29 Gary Matthews Jr. 80 158 30 .190 4 14 Jeff Huson 70 130 28 .215 0 11 Roosevelt Brown 45 91 32 .352 3 14 Brant Brown 54 89 14 .157 3 10 Augie Ojeda 28 77 17 .221 2 8 Julio Zuleta 30 68 20 .294 3 12 Rondell White 19 67 22 .328 2 7 Dave Martinez 18 54 10 .185 0 1 Chad Meyers 36 52 9 .173 0 5 Corey Patterson 11 42 7 .167 2 2 Ross Gload 18 31 6 .194 1 3 Tarrik Brock 13 12 2 .167 0 0 Mike Mahoney 4 7 2 .286 0 1 Cole Liniak 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Raúl González 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jon Lieber 35 251.0 12 11 4.41 192 Kevin Tapani 30 195.2 8 12 5.01 150 Kerry Wood 23 137.0 8 7 4.80 132 Scott Downs 18 94.0 4 3 5.17 63 Ismael Valdéz 12 67.0 2 4 5.37 45 Joey Nation 2 11.2 0 2 6.94 8 Phil Norton 2 8.2 0 1 9.35 6 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Rubén Quevedo 21 88.0 3 10 7.47 65 Daniel Garibay 30 74.2 2 8 6.03 46 Jamie Arnold 12 32.2 0 3 6.61 13 Andrew Lorraine 8 32.0 1 2 6.47 25 Jerry Spradlin 8 15.0 0 1 8.40 13 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Rick Aguilera 54 1 2 29 4.91 38 Félix Heredia 74 7 3 2 4.76 52 Tim Worrell 54 3 4 3 2.47 52 Todd Van Poppel 51 4 5 2 3.75 77 Kyle Farnsworth 46 2 9 1 6.43 74 Steve Rain 37 3 4 0 4.35 54 Brian Williams 22 1 1 1 9.62 14 Mark Guthrie 19 2 3 0 4.82 17 Matt Karchner 13 1 1 0 6.14 5 Will Ohman 6 1 0 0 8.10 2 Danny Young 4 0 1 0 21.00 0 Oswaldo Mairena 2 0 0 0 18.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Dave Trembley AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Dave Bialas A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Richie Zisk A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Steve McFarland A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Danny Sheaffer Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo MartínezLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Tenn, DaytonaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2000 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Cub Category:2000 in Chicago